by Brandon Hong

Here are some methods to save and salvage a marriage after an affair:

a) Seek therapy. Saving a marriage after affair entails a lot of communication, a lot of delving into past situations and relational patterns that resulted in the affair to begin with. To save a marriage an after affair can mean months or even years of regular therapy with a professional marriage counselor, and it should be undertaken by both you and your spouse, together.

(read more Ways To Save Your Marriage…)

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By Robyn Blumner at The Salt Lake Tribune:

Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1958, two young public school teachers in New York decided to make a life together. Today, at a big party on Long Island, more than a hundred family members and friends will celebrate that decision.
My parents’ marriage has spanned 10 presidencies and three or four wars, depending on whether you count Grenada. This longevity alone is an achievement in this age of disposable spouses, but what makes their merger more remarkable is the glue that their shared values proved to be.

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Heather Little-White at The Jamaican Gleaner:

Sex may be great but you may find it difficult to agree with your partner and you may eventually feel that you married the wrong person. It takes a lot of work to get the different pieces of your lives to fit together. Until you really learn how to do that, you will experience some disagreements and problems. The period before your marriage should be about learning how to get your needs met, not necessarily pushing away your partner because the pieces of your lives are different.

(read more Creating an intimate marriage…)

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From Cary McCall at his blog:

Many officiates use the wedding ceremony as a chance to speak about the realities of marriage. Marriage is not easy - this is something that I believe is readily obvious to most people. Marriage will include difficulties. Marriage will include days, weeks, months, and possibly years of challenges and will most definitely include times where both may contemplate ending the relationship.

Marriage will include friction, arguments, misunderstanding, conflicts, and dark temptations. Statistically, in America around one out of every two marriages will end in divorce. Since all of these are realities, it seems expedient to many officiates to address these things directly to the new bride and groom. In many cases, the wedding leader does little more than spend 10-20 minutes (and sometimes more, and sometimes much more) standing before the bride, the groom, and the family and friends and speak of the darkness that is to come. This is wrong.

(read more A wedding is not a marriage counseling session…)

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From Jennifer Canzoneri at Aisledash:

I recently posted about my thoughts on my wedding day, one year after the fact, but what about the first year of marriage? What have I learned over the last twelve months that I was surprised — perhaps even shocked — to figure out, about myself and my relationship? And what have I learned that may be of use to a soon-to-be bride perusing AisleDash?

I’m guessing the main thing she learned is it takes constant work.

(read more Marriage: One Year Later…)

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(This is a nice bookend to Vivian’s earlier article)

by Vivian Johnson

Nothing is worse than investing time into a relationship, and then discover; he is not the one!

I have discovered a few clues along the way to help…

He is Not the one if…

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by Vivian Johnson

With so many available men online, sometimes it is hard to know if he is the one. There are a few clues that should help you out…

He hangs around enough to let you know he is interested and available. But he steps back, gives you space, and lets you breathe.

He listens…and you know he listens. Just because his mouth is shut, doesn’t mean his ears are open. A few days later, he will refer to something that you said…

(read more Can You Tell If He Is The One?…)  

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by Terry Ross

Couples often look to marriage counseling when they can no longer communicate with each other, when they are so frustrated that they no longer know what to do. Many marriages struggle for years before couples finally take the decision to do something about it, go for marriage counseling and try to save the marriage.

(read more Why Seek Marriage Counseling…)

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by Helen Leman

Pre marriage counseling is preparing the partners to strengthen their relationship, to improve their communication skills and prepare constructively for future challenges and problems that everyone face in a life time.

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